Sexual Violence and Children

Sexual Violence and Children

Sexual violence is unique in that it can create a human being. As a result, it has sometimes been the stated intent of perpetrators to create children who are of one or another ethnicity or culture, this has been documented in Bosnia, Rwanda, and many other countries. The support of the resulting children and their mothers can be particularly complicated in post-conflict settings as it involves cultural acceptance, economic support, legal status, and other important societal factors. Without attention to this issue, entire generations of post-conflict survivors can be adversely impacted.

Imagine an orphanage where over 300 children born out of rape have been abandoned because of the shame and stigma associated with sexual violence. 

THE PROSECUTORS

The Prosecutors is an intimate portrait of those using a legal framework to end impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. The film was conceived out of a desire to demonstrate the viability of rule of law as a fundamental support for a sustainable civil (and civilian-based) society, even when applied to the most difficult of crimes in circumstances when the most basic boundaries of civilized co-existence have been abrogated.